Numbers 22:33
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And unless the ass had turned out of the way, giving place to me who stood against thee, I had slain thee, and she should have lived.

surely

Numbers 14:37 Died and were struck in the sight of the Lord.

Numbers 16:33-35 And they went down alive into hell, the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people. . . .

1 Kings 13:24-28 And when he was gone, a lion found him in the way, and killed him, and his body was cast in the way: and the ass stood by him, and the lion stood by the dead body. . . .

Context
The Angel and Balaam's Donkey
32And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou thy ass these three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse, and contrary to me: 33And unless the ass had turned out of the way, giving place to me who stood against thee, I had slain thee, and she should have lived.34Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return.…
Cross References
Numbers 22:32
And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou thy ass these three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse, and contrary to me:

Numbers 22:34
Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return.

Lexicon
The donkey
הָֽאָת֔וֹן (hā·’ā·ṯō·wn)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 860: A female donkey

saw
וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ (wat·tir·’a·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

me and turned away
וַתֵּ֣ט (wat·têṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

from me
לְפָנַ֔י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

these
זֶ֖ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

three
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ (šā·lōš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

times.
רְגָלִ֑ים (rə·ḡā·lîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

If she had not
אוּלַי֙ (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 194: Perhaps

turned away,
נָטְתָ֣ה (nā·ṭə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

I would surely have killed
הָרַ֖גְתִּי (hā·raḡ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

you
וְאוֹתָ֥הּ (wə·’ō·w·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

by now,
עַתָּ֛ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

and let her live.”
הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ (he·ḥĕ·yê·ṯî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive


Additional Translations
The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would surely have killed you by now, and let her live.”And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain you, and saved her alive.

and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.

And if she had not turned out of the way, surely now, I should have slain thee, and should have saved her alive.

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.

and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive."

and the ass seeth me, and turneth aside at my presence these three times; unless she had turned aside from my presence, surely now also, thee I had slain, and her kept alive.'
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